He was the orphaned son of Lancelot and Ann Durham Battersby of Wigan, England. He came to America in 1841 with "kind friends". He became a Methodist circuit-riding preacher but on a trip into northern Pennsylvania he was converted to the Luthern faith. He was a very esteemed member of their clergy. He married Emily Davis Conner and had 6 children. He died of tuberculosis. He was originally interred at Glenwood Cem. and reinterred here in 1892.
He was the orphaned son of Lancelot and Ann Durham Battersby of Wigan, England. He came to America in 1841 with "kind friends". He became a Methodist circuit-riding preacher but on a trip into northern Pennsylvania he was converted to the Luthern faith. He was a very esteemed member of their clergy. He married Emily Davis Conner and had 6 children. He died of tuberculosis. He was originally interred at Glenwood Cem. and reinterred here in 1892.
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